waft
verb (used with object)
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water.
was wafting
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past progressiveof waft.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"I was diving in the Clyde and one of the instructors had to pull me out of the way of the tentacles as it was wafting above me," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The decision to keep courthouse doors open last week, even as smoke was wafting in, has been met with a mix of frustration and bemusement by the legal community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
One suspended well, set in the woods only a few hundred feet from a home, was wafting the telltale rotten smell of hydrogen sulfide.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
A Loop Fan who was in the restaurant on Tuesday said cigar smoke was wafting from a semi-private room upstairs where Boehner’s group was dining, but it wasn’t clear whether the speaker was smoking it.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2015
She was wafting her ears, and swaying from side to side, a sure sign she was agitated.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
